Untangled: Unraveling the Crisis, Reclaiming the Peace.
A structured roadmap for parents facing a child’s substance use.
Untangled is a small-cohort coaching program built on the most-studied family intervention in the field. Eight weeks, one weekly live session, a coach who knows your family — designed to move you past panic into a method you can actually run.
- 8 weeks
- live cohort + async lessons
- 10–15
- parents per cohort
- 30 min
- weekly 1:1 with your coach
- 30 yrs
- of CRAFT research behind the method
What other programs charge you for separately — bundled into one curriculum.
Most parents we work with have already paid for two of these areas and are about to pay for the third. Untangled treats them as one connected practice, because that is how they actually run inside a household.
- 01
Motivational communication
Weekly coaching on the conversation patterns that move a child toward change — without arguments, ultimatums, or surveillance.
- 02
Household boundary-setting
A clear, repeatable method for the rules, consequences, and daily structure that protect the rest of the family.
- 03
Treatment & insurance navigation
A coach walks you through the local treatment landscape, level-of-care, intake paperwork, and what your plan actually covers.
- 04
Parent self-preservation
Sleep, marriage, friendships, work — a curriculum section most programs leave out, even though it’s where parenting capacity lives.
Four steps. About ten hours across eight weeks. No mystery.
The path from a free masterclass to a finished cohort is the same for every family we accept. You always know what week you are in, what you owe before the next live session, and what the cohort is doing alongside you.
- 01
Free masterclass
A 60-minute live session explains CRAFT, the cohort model, and whether your family is the right fit.
- 02
Short trial week
You try one live cohort session plus a coach call. No commitment, no payment to qualify.
- 03
Eight-week cohort
You join 10–15 parents for one weekly live session, an async lesson, and a 30-minute 1:1 with your coach.
- 04
Two-month follow-up
After the cohort closes, you keep your materials and one monthly check-in for the next eight weeks.
About three hours of real work, deliberately distributed.
We design the week around your life — not the other way around. The total load is light enough to keep, intense enough to actually move something.
- Mon
Async lesson (25 min)
A short video + worksheet you do on your own time before the live week begins.
- Tue
Live cohort (60 min)
A facilitated practice round with your cohort — not open venting, a skill rehearsal.
- Thu
Coach call (30 min)
One-on-one with your certified family recovery coach, scheduled at any time that fits.
- Fri
Skill check-in
A two-minute written reflection so the next week opens with your coach already briefed.
We are very explicit about who Untangled is — and isn’t — for.
We would rather you spend a half hour reading this than pay for a cohort that is not the right shape for your family right now.
Probably a good fit
- Your child’s substance use has crossed a line and you’ve moved past pure panic into “what do I actually do.”
- You’re open to a structured method — not a hotline, not just another Facebook group, but real progression across weeks.
- You can commit roughly three hours a week for eight weeks and want the same thing from your cohort peers.
- You’re in (or willing to enter) treatment with your own coach or therapist where relevant.
Probably not the right fit
- You are in acute medical crisis right now — call 988 or your local emergency line first, then reach us.
- You want a quick fix. The program expects eight weeks of honest practice.
- You’re looking for a peer text line. Partnership to End Addiction’s service is a better single-channel fit.
- Your child is not yet open to any conversation. The program assumes at least intermittent contact.
The questions we hear before every cohort.
If your question is not below, write to untangled-unraveling-the-crisis-renaming-the-peace@polsia.app.
Start with the free masterclass. Then decide.
No card, no commitment. The masterclass explains CRAFT, shows you a real cohort session, and answers the “is this for us” question out loud. If the answer is no, we will tell you that too.